Show #1897 1992-12-01 (taped 1992-08-25) Regular

Contestants

Art Waters — a consultant originally from Seattle, Washington

Julie Spore — a financial analyst from Pasadena, California

Michael Ming — a medical student originally from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,701)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michael $1,900 $3,400 $8,800 $5,999
2nd place: trip for 2 to Mexico City, Mexico
$8,700
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Julie $1,800 $2,400 $4,200 $1,200
3rd place: Towle silver coffee urn
$6,200
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Art $900 $1,800 $5,800 $10,801
New champion: $10,801
$4,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MARSUPIALS OSCAR-WINNING FILMS NOTORIOUS AROUND THE WORLD FOOD & DRINK POPE-POURRI
$100 [21]
The marsupial mole spends most of its life in this environment
underground
Julie
$100 [1]
Robert De Niro, John Savage & Christopher Walken played 3 friends who served in Vietnam in this 1978 film
The Deer Hunter
Julie
$100 [16]
He was nicknamed "Scarface" & his brother Ralph, "Bottles"
Al Capone
Art
$100 [11]
Ticino is this country's most southerly canton
Switzerland
Michael
$100 [6]
The name of this confection comes from the Aztec word "xocoatl"
chocolate
Michael
$100 [22]
Pope Alexander VI, a member of this family, used his power to get his daughter Lucrezia married 3 times
the Borgias
Art
$200 [23]
The koala feeds entirely on the leaves & shoots of this tree
the eucalyptus
Julie
$200 [2]
Originally rated X, this film starring Jon Voight in the title role won the 1969 Oscar
Midnight Cowboy
Michael
$200 [17]
Over $11,000 of the ransom money paid in this case was found in Bruno Hauptmann's garage
the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
Michael
$200 [12]
Ringette, a sport for women that resembles ice hockey, was invented in this North American country in 1963
Canada
Art
$200 [7]
Like chicory, dried figs can be roasted & used to make a substitute for this beverage
coffee
Julie
$200 [26]
In 1854 Pius IX set the church's position on this event concerning the Virgin Mary
the Immaculate Conception
Michael Art
$300 [24]
The common or Virginia species of this marsupial is the only one native to North America
the opussum
Michael
$300 [3]
Completes the title of 1980's winning foreign-language film, "Moscow Does Not Believe in..."
Tears
Julie
$300 [18]
The crime partner of Richard Loeb, he worked as a medical technician after being released from prison
(Nathan) Leopold
Michael
$300 [13]
You'll find this Turkish capital on a river of the same name
Ankara
Art
$300 [8]
It's the boys' version of a Shirley Temple
a Roy Rogers
Julie
$300 [27]
In the early 1900s Pius X restored this traditional music to the liturgy
Gregorian chant
Julie
$400 [25]
Possibly extinct, this "wolf" of an Australian island is the largest meat-eating marsupial
the Tasmanian wolf
Julie
$400 [4]
Greta Garbo delivered her famous line "I want to be alone" in this Oscar-winning 1932 film
Grand Hotel
Michael
$400 [19]
Burglar Robert E. Burns wrote the book "I am a Fugitive from a Georgia" one of these
a chain gang
Julie
$400 [14]
It's name is Persian for "Land of the Kurds"
Kurdistan
Art
$400 [9]
Referring to the type of poultry it's often served with, a Chinese plum sauce can also be called this
a duck sauce
Julie
$400 [28]
He succeeded Pius XII
John XXIII
Art
$500 [30]
Among the few enemies of Kangaroos are man & these wild dogs
dingos
Michael
DD $600 [5]
Bing Crosby sang "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" in this 1944 Oscar winner
Going My Way
Michael
$500 [20]
This famous pair of robbers met their end near Gibsland, Louisiana in May 1934
Bonnie & Clyde
Art
$500 [15]
European country whose capital, Tirane, lies near the Adriatic Sea
Albania
Julie
$500 [10]
A hamburger cooked with minced onion & often served with a sauce is this steak named for an Eng. physician
Salisbury
Michael
$500 [29]
Pius XI & the Italian government worked out this 1929 treaty creating the state of Vatican City
the Lateran Treaty

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC HOMES FASHION THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS WORLD COINS PRESIDENTS' FATHERS
$200 [20]
Every Summer, performances of "The Miracle Worker" are presented at her Ivy Green home in Alabama
Helen Keller
Art
$200 [10]
Hawaiian shirts are also known as these, so we guess you can wear them to say "Hello" or "Goodbye"
Aloha shirts
Art
$200 [9]
Silt from the river had added about 50 square miles to this state in the last 200 years
Louisiana
Julie
$200 [1]
"The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned on the water"
Cleopatra
Julie
$200 [19]
Their 1981 marriage was marked with commemorative crowns issued by Great Britain
Charles & Di
Julie
$200 [2]
This man was the first father who was alive when his son became president
John Adams
Julie
$400 [27]
His winter home in Fort Myers, Florida is partially lit by his handmade bulbs that have burned since the '20s
(Thomas) Edison
Art
$400 [11]
An old-fashioned style of glasses whose name may remind you of your mother's mother
granny glasses
Julie
$400 [14]
From an Indian term, the Mississippi is often called "The Father of" these
waters
Michael Art
$400 [5]
Regan, his second daughter, is married to the Duke of Cornwall
King Lear
Michael
$400 [23]
A 30-drachma piece issued in 1963 celebrated the 100th anniv. of this country's then-current royal dynasty
Greece
Art
$400 [3]
This 20th C. president's father had a middle name, Anderson, while he only got an initial
Harry Truman
Michael
$600 [28]
Scotchtown, one of the largest Colonial houses in Virginia, was home to this orator before he became governor
Patrick Henry
Art
$600 [12]
The cheongsam, a sheath with a slit skirt, features this kind of "Chinese official" collar
a Mandarin collar
Michael
$600 [15]
This river joins the Mississippi south of Cairo Illinois, doubling the amount of freight traffic
the Ohio River
Julie Art
$600 [6]
By the end of this play, the title character's son Lucius Andronicus is emperor of Rome
Titus Andronicus
Art
$600 [24]
During its WWII occupation of this country, Germany issued coins featuring a tulip
the Netherlands
Julie
$600 [4]
His father died before he was born so he was raised by an uncle, Sardis Birchard
(Rutherford Birchard) Hayes
Michael
$800 [29]
The Old Stone House, thought to be the oldest surviving home in Washington, D.C., is located in this historic section
Georgetown
Julie
$800 [13]
The 3 dark colors in the plaid of the Black Watch are black, blue & this
green
Art
$800 [21]
When taken together, the Mississippi & this river are the world's third longest
the Missouri
Julie
$800 [7]
Hamlet says of him, "He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again"
Hamlet's father, Hamlet Sr.
Art
$800 [25]
In 1904 this Central AMerican country issued its first coins, tiny 2 1/2 centismos & a huge half balboa
Panama
Julie
$1,000 [18]
Middle name shared by President Coolidge & his father
Calvin
Michael
$1,000 [30]
A house that belonged to U.S. Sec'y of State James G. Blaine has been home to this state's govs. since 1919
Maine
$1,000 [16]
Traditional espadrilles have soles made out of this material
rope
Julie Art
$1,000 [22]
This state's Lake Itasca is the source of the river
Minnesota
Michael
DD $2,000 [8]
This play features maskers, musicians & an apothecary
Romeo and Juliet
Art
$1,000 [26]
Originally referring to gold ducats, the name of this Polish coin means "golden"
a zloty
Michael
DD $2,000 [17]
George Bush's father Prescott Bush represented this New England State in the U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Julie

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

The last of his 56 children, Mabel Sanborn, died in 1950 at age 87

Brigham Young

Julie "Who was Chase Sanborn" — wagered $3,000
Art "Who was Brigham Young?" — wagered $5,001
Michael "Who is the King of Siam" — wagered $2,801

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